{"id":749,"date":"2025-07-18T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcielsims.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2025-07-18T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:36:17","slug":"ilona-cole-guest-author-story-185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcielsims.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/ilona-cole-guest-author-story-185\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 185"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June, 2nd<\/sup> 2025 My 98th Birthday Party<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is Monday, June the 2nd<\/sup> my birthday and Marcie, Karin and Jessika, my loving friends have organized a birthday celebration for me. I reserved our dining room here in our building from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had twenty guests. By 3:00 PM they were all seated, time to start the party.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I continue, I would first like to mention several new guests. It is about Joanne and her husband Doug. She is one of my dear friends from our \u201cFrench Connection\u201d Group, we were in French class together many years ago. Joanne has been very ill, still has trouble walking and we had not visited with one another for about five years. It was my biggest wish to have her join us, celebrating my 98th<\/sup> birthday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other guest is Teri and her lovely daughter Mekena. We lost the connection with each other twenty eight years ago, but Teri kept searching and just a few weeks ago found me through my \u201cShort Stories\u201d which I have been writing for almost five years now. July 1st<\/sup>, there will be the story about Teri finding me. The website, my dearest friend Marcie\u2019s: \u201cmarcielsims.com Blog The Write stuff\u201d you will find the story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was elated and very happy to greet Teri, her gentleman Gene and her beautiful Mekena.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Champagne was being poured and the food, very delicious food, all arranged on a beautifully decorated table with my favorite birthday cake, Karin had brought. I am so very grateful, Marcie again has done such a fine job and thought of everything. Every one was enjoying the food and drink, conversation and laughter. And as I observed, my thoughts came alive. I am so very blessed and rich to have all these wonderful friends. I am so very lucky and so very grateful! I should have never let these thoughts come to my heart and mind, that I would rather not be here any longer. Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have such a warm feeling, full of joy, when I look at all these smiling faces who are here to celebrate my day with me. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And since I love every one of them, and I am so thankful to have them in my life, it came to me right there, that it would be lovely if I was allowed to stay a bit longer. Maybe another whole year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June, 2nd 2025 My 98th Birthday Party It is Monday, June the 2nd my birthday and Marcie, Karin and Jessika, my loving friends have organized a birthday celebration for me. I reserved our dining room here in our building from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. We had twenty guests. By 3:00 PM they were all … <\/p>\n

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